Clothes-line holder.



C. Y.l KINSEY.

CLOTHES LINE HLDER APPLICATION r|LED1uNE9.x91e.

Patented Apr. 23, 1918.

l w I CLARENCE YATIVIAN KINSEY, 0F GLADSTOITE, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed .T une 9, 1916. Serial No. 102,736.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLARENCE YATMAN KINSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gladstone, in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Line Holders, of which the following is a specification.

rihis invention is an improved clothes line holder especially adapted for attachmentto one side of a window casing and to extend into the room and providing a pulley over which the clothes line runs and which is arranged at the inner end of the holder so that the clothes line is arranged partly within the room and thus enables clothes and other articles to be placed on and taken from the line without the necessity of leaning out of the window in order to do so.

The invention consists in the features `of construction, combination, and arrangement of devices, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 isa side elevation of a clothes line holder constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same partly in section.

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the same, showing the handle in a horizontal position.

Fig. si is an end elevation of the same, with the handle arranged-in vertical position.

Fig. 5 is a detailed plan of the same, also showing the handle arranged in vertical position.

In the embodiment of my invention, I provide a bracket 1 which is here shown as angular in cross section and is adapted to be secured on one corner and at one side of a window casing, by means of screws or other like devices, the outer web 2 of the bracket being provided with openings 3 for said screw. The web il of the bracket is provided with a pairof spaced bearing lugs 5, arranged one above the other and said web is also provided at a point intermediate the pair of lugs with a circular boss 6. A bearing member 7 is arranged on the outer side of the boss 6, at the center thereof and is pivotally connected thereto by a stem 8 which engages in an opening in the center of the boss. Said bearing member extends across the boss and is provided in its outer side with a semi-cylindrical groove 9.

An arm l0 which is preferably shaped as shown, is provided at one end with a pair of lugs 11 which bear between the lugs 5, and the said arm is pivota-lly connected to the bracket by pivot pins 12 which engage in registering openings with which the lugs 5 and 11 are provided. is adapted to be swung inwardly from the window, to enter the room, or to be turned outwardly to position parallel with the window.` rlhe arm l0 is provided in its outer side with a groove 13 which extends from its inner end a suitable distance and in this groove is mounted a slide 14 which may be held at any desired longitudinal adjustment by means of a bolt l5 which has a winged nut 16 and a series of adjusting openings 17 with which said slide is provided. On the outer side of the slide near the inner end thereof, is a pulley 18 which is mounted for `revolution on an axle 19 and the said slide is also provided with a guard v2O for the pulley.

A pivoting and locking member 2l, which is T-shaped has its stem 22 provided with a cylindrical portion 23 which passes through a correspondingly shaped opening in the arm 10. lThe "l'shaped head 2li of said member engages in the pivoting groove 9 of the bearing member 7. A handle 25 which is here shown as an arm is provided at a point intermediate its ends with an oifset 26 and is provided with a non-circular opening through which extends a correspondingly shaped portion 27 of the stem of the member 21 and is secured on said stem by means of a nut 28. i

When the arm 10 is extended inwardly from the window into the room, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, the i-shaped end 24, of member 2l, engages the groove 9 of bearing member 7 and causes the face of bearing member 7 to be pressed snugly against'the face of boss 6, the member 25 is arranged parallel with said arm and causes the T-shaped head 2li of the pivoting and locking member to be also parallel with said arm and arranged horizontally, so as to hold the bearing members 7 in horizontal position and at right angles to the pivot axis 12 of the arm l0. rl`he pressure between the faces of bearing member 7 and boss 6 when arm 10 Patented Apr.. 23, 191e.. l

Thereby, the arm 1.0

i shapedindentation in the boss 6, the resilience 4between the parts rpermitting the arm 25 to be moved to the vertical thus unlocking the arm 10 and allowing it to be swung .on pivot axis 12,'to outdoor position .as shown in Figs; l and 5.

Y hen it is-desired to turn the arm 10 outwardly to a position parallel with the window, asindicated in FiO'. the member 25 is turned to Aa vertical position so that it serves to engage and retain vthe clothes line in place and also serves to turn the head 24- of the pivoting and locking member and the bearing member 7 to a vertical position so -that the pivoting head 24: is directly in line with the pivot aXis 12 of the arm l0. The arm can then be readily turned outwardly as will be understood. y

vThe endless'clothes line 32 is .drawnl around the pulley 18 and another pulley is mounted Yupon Yadistant post, not shown. The upper run only of the line passes over the member 26 when vthe arm 10 is swung to position Within theroem, in which position clothes 'are hung upon the lower run, which is paid lout the window as fast as it is filled.V After the line is full the-handle 25 is turned to a position shown in Fig. t and both runs of the line are turned around the upper end of the handle 25 as Yshown in Fig. 5. The arm may be swung out of the Window to a position outside the window. To keep clothes and other articles from vcoming in contact with the window sill, I provide a trough 30 which is suspended from the arm 10 by means of link arms 3l.

' The device is reversible so that it may be attached to either side of a window frame, is small in construction, is strong and durable, and its use greatly facilitates the operation of hanging out and drying washed articles. Y

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the advantages of construction and of the method of operation will be readily appa rent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and while I have described the principles of operation of line device together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. In a clothes line support, a base member for attachmentto a window casing or Vthe like, an arm pivotally connected to the base member for movement in a horizontal plane, a pulley carried by the arm, means to lock the arm .in inturned position, and including a pivoting member pivotally mounted in the arm, the axis of which adapted to be turned to a position either in line with or at right angles to the pivotal axis of the arm.

2. In a clothes line support, a base niember for attachment to a window easing or the like, an arm pivotally connected to the base member for movement in a horizontal plane and provided with a line engaging pulley, and a trough member hung from said arm.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

CLARENCE YATMN KINSEY.

Witnesses:

ELnANon SQUIER SU'rrHeN, Josie SUTPHEN.

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, Washington, D. C. 

